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Dandy
The Dandy
The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's third longest running comic, after Detective Comics and Il Giornalino...

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The Bogies
First artist Nigel Auchterlounie
Nigel Auchterlounie
Nigel Auchterlounie is a British comics artist and cartoonist. His graphic novel, Spleenal, was published by Blank Slate Books in 2009. He also works for The Dandy,, drawing Jibber & Steve, Twitter, The Bogies, Professor Dandy's World of Facts, Clive 5, The Gleeks and My Freaky Family.He drew...

Current/last artist Nigel Auchterlounie
Nigel Auchterlounie
Nigel Auchterlounie is a British comics artist and cartoonist. His graphic novel, Spleenal, was published by Blank Slate Books in 2009. He also works for The Dandy,, drawing Jibber & Steve, Twitter, The Bogies, Professor Dandy's World of Facts, Clive 5, The Gleeks and My Freaky Family.He drew...

First appearance 2005 (Toxic), June 2008 (The Dandy)
Last appearance Ongoing
Regular characters Bogey Won, Dr Goo, Snot Bothered, Hot Snot, Gobzilla, Frankenslime, Splatman and Gobin, Gobzilla

The Bogies is a comic strip in The Dandy
The Dandy
The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's third longest running comic, after Detective Comics and Il Giornalino...

 and Turbo Extreme . It features bunches of nasal mucas and their adventures. Many of the characters names are twists on some famous person or character from pop culture. These characters will often act like celebrities but in a gross manner. It originally appeared in Toxic in 2005, but it moved to The Dandy
The Dandy
The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's third longest running comic, after Detective Comics and Il Giornalino...

 in June 2008. It has been drawn since the beginning by Nigel Auchterlounie
Nigel Auchterlounie
Nigel Auchterlounie is a British comics artist and cartoonist. His graphic novel, Spleenal, was published by Blank Slate Books in 2009. He also works for The Dandy,, drawing Jibber & Steve, Twitter, The Bogies, Professor Dandy's World of Facts, Clive 5, The Gleeks and My Freaky Family.He drew...

. The last strip in Toxic was a Hock Hogan one, and the first Dandy one was a Splatman and Gobbin story.

Collected Editions

Two 56 page books have been given been given away in issues of The Dandy Xtreme which collect together a large amount of stories from the series as well as adding facts, puzzles, jokes and posters. The books were titled The Bogies Exclusive Mini Mag! and The Bogies Exclusive Mini Mag: The Big Green Slimy One!.

Toys

The Bogies are well known for a range of small collectable toys of the characters from the comics. These include Pocket Bogies, Giant Bogies and Bogie Key Chains.

Trading Cards and Stickers

Bogies Battle Cards is a trump trading card game featuring the characters from the franchise. Seven cards are in each pack and 100 cards to collect in total. There is also a sticker collection which builds up parts of comic strips in the album.
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